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By the HOUSE of DELEGATES,
December 9, 1800.
RESOLVED, That in the opinion of the legislature, the following amend-
ments to the Constitution of the United States would conduce to the happiness of the citizens
thereof, by the establishment of an uniform mode for the choice of Electors of President and Vice-
President of the United States, and of Representatives to Congress.
First. That after the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and one, the choice
of Electors of President and Vice-President shall be made, by the Legislature of each state dividing
the state into a number of districts equal to the number of electors to be chosen in such state, and
by the persons in each of those districts, who shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the
most numerous branch of the legislature of such state, chosing one elector in the manner which the
legislature thereof shall prescribe, which districts, when so divided, shall remain unalterable until a
new census of the United States shall be obtained.
Second. That the elections of representatives to serve after the third day of March, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and three, shall be, by dividing each state by the legislature thereof into
a number of districts equal to the number of representatives to which such state shall be entitled,
and by the people within each of those districts, who shall have the qualifications requisite for elec-
tors of the most numerous branch of the legislature of such state, choosing one representative in the
manner which the legislature thereof shall prescribe, which districts, when so divided, shall remain
unalterable until a new census of the United States shall be obtained.
RESOLVED, That the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, be
requested forthwith to transmit the foregoing resolve to the Senators, and also to the Representa-
tives, of this State in Congress; and the Governor and Council be and they are hereby requested to
communicate the same to the Supreme Executives of the several States, with a request, that they
may be submitted to the consideration of their respective Legislatures.
By order, W. HARWOOD, Clk.
By the Senate, December 10, 1800: Read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.
By order, W. S. GREEN, Clk.
By the Senate, December 19, 1800: read the second time and assented to.
By order, W. S. GREEN, Clk.
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